His Stepmom Feels Like She Is Entitled To A Mother-Daughter Dance At His Wedding, But He Refused And Claimed That She Should Have Tried Harder To Build A Relationship With Him
When this man was just a little boy, his parents got divorced. Before long, though, his dad started a brand new life– one that he did not even know about until it was already set into motion.
For context, after his parents split up, he spent a lot of time with his mother– who primarily raised him and his two siblings.
And while he was being cared for by his mom, his dad used that time to build a relationship with a woman named Anne.
His dad was not forthcoming about this new relationship, though, and he did not even get to meet his future stepmother until they were practically engaged.
Moreover, his dad and Anne went on to have a child together– a son– who he did not even get to meet until he attended their engagement party!
Then, following the engagement celebration, his dad wasted no time in moving forward with their new life.
In fact, his dad and Anne moved in together the very next day and got married just two months later.
So, even though he and his siblings ended up spending equal time with his mom and dad, the quickness of the situation– coupled with their young ages of just eleven, twelve, and fourteen– made it so that none of them really got to know or become very close with Anne and their new half-brother.
And not long afterward, his dad, Anne, and his half-brother ended up coming face-to-face with a tragic situation.
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Apparently, his half-brother was born with a long-term medical condition– which ultimately resulted in his half-brother later being diagnosed with cancer that was tied to the medical condition.
In turn, Anne was forced to spend a lot of time out of state while she got her son treatment at a big children’s hospital that specialized in cancer treatment.
“But mine and my siblings’ life carried on as normal for the most part. When we were with mom, life was totally normal,” he recalled.
Unfortunately, though, his half-brother ultimately passed away– and the timing could not have been worse.
Apparently, when he and his siblings were seventeen, fifteen, and fourteen years old, they all went on vacation with his mother.
And Anne reportedly wanted the entire family to stay back and spend time with her son during his final days– something his half-brother actually asked for. According to him, though, he and his siblings just did not want to.
“Mom had already booked the vacation, and we still wanted to go. We were not close to Anne’s son, and we didn’t have a familial bond with him,” he explained.
Despite that, Anne never got over the fact that they did not show up for her son’s final days. His stepmom was also especially bitter because he and his siblings never really wanted to get any closer to her.
For instance, following high school, they all opted to spend most of their time at their mom’s house as opposed to their dad’s house.
And due to that, Anne became super resentful since they were not “rallying around her” and “letting her still feel like a parent.”
Many years have passed since then, though, and he is now a grown adult. Moreover, he is actually engaged and set to get married soon.
The family dynamic could not be tenser even after all this time, though, since Anne reportedly despises his mom more than ever. So, as soon as Anne found out that he was doing a mother-son dance with his mom during the ceremony, she was pissed.
In fact, Anne actually felt entitled to do her own dance with him and even made a remark about how if he was doing a dance with “that woman”– his mom– then she also deserved to do the same.
That comment immediately ticked him off, though, and he underscored how “that woman” is the mother who raised him. Plus, he said he actually wanted to dance with his own mom and told Anne he did not feel the same about her.
Anne simply did not get it, though, and asked him how he could say such a thing after knowing that she had lost her only biological child. On top of that, Anne claimed that he never gave her a chance to continue being a parent after the loss.
He was honest, though, and just told Anne that none of that was his fault or job.
“I told her that if she wanted us to be closer, she should have made sure dad introduced us all before they were ready to get engaged,” he vented.
Regardless, Anne does not understand his perspective and has since claimed that he is breaking her heart by saying no to the dance. He has even been accused of being “thoughtless” for treating Anne that way following the loss of her son.
So now, he has been left wondering whether refusing to do a mother-son dance with his stepmom is justified because of their history or if it just makes him a serious jerk.
Why do you think his father opted not to involve him or his siblings in the decision to marry Anne or have another child? Would you also feel distant and possibly resentful of a stepmother whom you barely know? Does it sound like Anne is trying to have him replace her late son? Is he obligated to do a mother-son dance with Anne because of her loss or not?
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